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The culture of organizations that provide social services
KUDRLIČKOVÁ, Veronika
This diploma thesis is part of a project entitled Selected Aspects of Social Work Management (registration number GAJU 052/2019 / S). The objectives of the diploma thesis are following: To find out and describe the organizational culture in social work (especially with regard to formal and informal conception) according to the typology of workplaces, to find out whether there are conflicts in workplaces new employees at a specific workplace and what are the managment expectations from freshly employed workers. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is divided into two parts. The first part contains the definition and understanding of organizational culture, its best-known models, types and functions in organizations providing social services. The second part defines social services, its types and forms of provision, for-profit and non-profit sector, which is used by organizations. For the practical part of the diploma thesis, a mixed research strategy using the QUAN-qual scheme (The QUAN-Qual Model) was chosen. The quantitative part was evaluated using a scale dimension, where the values appeared from 1-10. 1-5 - unfavorable scale dimension, 5-10- favorable scale dimension. In the qualitative part, the interview technique was used according to the instructions and the data were processed using open, selective and axial coding. The qualitative part serves to supplement the quantitative part of the research with the knowledge of the managers of selected organizations that provide social services. Interviews were conducted with 24 informants. Quantitative research was carried out through a questionnaire by Professor Theodor Kollarik, from whom consent for its use was agreed. The questionnaire was structured in the form of a scale of size 1-10. The quantitative part of the research was aimed at directors of organizations that provide social services, but also for social workers in six randomly selected regions in the Czech Republic. A total of 396 directors and 331 social workers from organizations providing social services were included in the research. A total selection of organizations from the Register of Social Service Providers was made and a total of 1245 organizations providing social services were addressed. The results of my diploma thesis are a partial part of the overall results of the GAJU project entitled Selected Aspects of Social Work Management (registration number GAJU 052/2019 / S). Using a questionnaire survey, it was found that positive evaluations significantly prevailed in all areas. In almost all cases, a value of 8 or 9 appears, ie a value close to the maximum positive rating (10). This confirms that in the workplaces where the research was carried out, there are no elements of possible bullying or conflicts that have already arisen. As part of the research questions according to the interview, it was found out what employers imagine under the term organizational culture. It was also found out whether there are conflicts in the workplace in connection with the organizational culture of the workplace and what is the organizational culture of the workplace. The qualitative research also included the expectations of directors from new employees at a specific workplace. From qualitative research it is clear that organizational culture is evaluated in a positive direction. The obtained data will be used for further extension research, or can be used to create a proposal to improve the management of organizations in the social field.
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Operationalization in Social Science: Philosophy of Science Underpinnings and Selected Approaches
Röschová, Michaela ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vinopal, Jiří (referee)
The bachelor thesis pursues the issue of forms and functions of operationalization in social science in relation to its assumptions formed on the basis of philosophy of science conceptions. It shows that the problem was historically shaped by logical empiricism and in spite of the rejection of basic aspects of this position, its influence can still be detected in some approaches to operationalization. As a framework for drawing up operational definitions enabling to step aside from remaining tendencies of logical empiricism the methodological impulses stemming from the realist philosophy of science are brought forward. The first chapter points out to the fact that comparatively little attention has been given to the issue of operationalization in the general methodology of social sciences and presents an overview of plausible explanations of this situation. After that, a standard model of the process of operationalization is outlined together with various conceptions of conditions of its application. The clarification of the philosophy of science basis of operationalization taking place in subsequent parts is therefore expected to provide at least a partial explanation of the little attention given to operationalization. Above all, it aims to set a firm ground for the grasp of various contents of...
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Archiving Social Research Data from the Viewpoint of Czech Social Science Data Archive
Vávra, Martin
Czech Social Science Data Archive is now an established research infrastructure within the Czech Republic and also it is a part of the European research infrastructure through CESSDA organization. The presentation will address the opportunities and constraints associated with data archiving and sharing in the social sciences. Emphasis will be placed on used standards (for metadata, keywords) and tools (on-line database solution) and on how these standards and tools help to develop a pan-European system of data services in the social sciences.
Fulltext: Fulltext_Vavra_EN -  PDF
Slides: prezentace_Vavra_CZ - PDF; prezentace_Vavra_EN - PDF
Video: NUSL2018-Vavra -  MP4
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How to Create Self-Driven Education: The Social Web & Social Sciences, Coursera & Khan Academy 2014 Case Study
Růžička, Jakub ; Remr, Jiří (advisor) ; Soukup, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis is concerned with the possibilities of the social web data employment in social sciences. Its theoretical part describes the changes in education in the context of the dynamics of contemporary society within three fundamental (interrelated) dimensions of technology (the cause and/or the tool for the change), work (new models of collaboration), and economics (sustainability of free & open-source business models). The main methodological part of the thesis is focused on the issues of sampling, sample representativeness, validity & reliability assessment, ethics, and data collection of the emerging social web research in social sciences. The research part includes illustrative social web analyses and conclusions of the author's 2014 Coursera & Khan Academy on the Social Web research and provides the full research report in its attachement to compare its results to the theoretical part in order to provide a "naive" (as derived from the social web mentions and networks) answer to the fundamental question: "How to Create Self-Driven Education?" Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Operationalization in Social Science: Philosophy of Science Underpinnings and Selected Approaches
Röschová, Michaela ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vinopal, Jiří (referee)
The bachelor thesis pursues the issue of forms and functions of operationalization in social science in relation to its assumptions formed on the basis of philosophy of science conceptions. It shows that the problem was historically shaped by logical empiricism and in spite of the rejection of basic aspects of this position, its influence can still be detected in some approaches to operationalization. As a framework for drawing up operational definitions enabling to step aside from remaining tendencies of logical empiricism the methodological impulses stemming from the realist philosophy of science are brought forward. The first chapter points out to the fact that comparatively little attention has been given to the issue of operationalization in the general methodology of social sciences and presents an overview of plausible explanations of this situation. After that, a standard model of the process of operationalization is outlined together with various conceptions of conditions of its application. The clarification of the philosophy of science basis of operationalization taking place in subsequent parts is therefore expected to provide at least a partial explanation of the little attention given to operationalization. Above all, it aims to set a firm ground for the grasp of various contents of...
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Preparing student teachers for constructivist teaching about society in primary grades
Dvořáková, Michaela ; Spilková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Stará, Jana (referee) ; Brtnová Čepičková, Ivana (referee)
Preparing student teachers for constructivist teaching about society in primary grades Michaela Dvořáková Abstract The content of primary social studies could be described as cultural universals - domains of human existence that form part of everybody's experience. Despite that, children do need a skilled instruction helping them to elaborate these topics. We suppose that for the constructivist teachers, deep content knowledge and pedagogic content knowledge is necessary to elaborate and conceptualize children's experiences. In this thesis, we wanted to learn more about the knowledge base of pre-service teachers. To explore the education students' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of social studies topics, we elicited students' concepts related to the topic of family using concept mapping. Then we performed the content analysis of the obtained concepts. We tried to determine whether pre-service teachers rely on their prior knowledge (including misconceptions) of family or whether they use the knowledge gained in social science classes at the high school or at our university. Students do not use their academic knowledge gained in social studies classes spontaneously, but they are able to do when prompted. An important part of pedagogical content knowledge of a social studies teacher are the...
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